The Rig Veda

THE RIG VEDA

TRANSLATED BY RALPH T. H. GRIFFITH

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CONTENTS

BOOK 1

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Vâyu.

HYMN III. Aṣvins

HYMN IV. Indra

HYMN V. Indra.

HYMN VI. Indra.

HYMN VII. Indra.

HYMN VIII. Indra.

HYMN IX. Indra.

HYMN X. Indra.

HYMN XI. Indra.

HYMN XII. Agni.

HYMN XIII. Agni

HYMN XIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XV. Ṛitu.

HYMN XVI. Indra.

HYMN XVII. Indra-Varuṇa

HYMN XVIII. Brahmaṇaspati.

HYMN XIX. Agni, Maruts.

HYMN XX. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XXI. Indra-Agni.

HYMN XXII. Aṣvins and Others

HYMN XXIII. Vâyu and Others.

HYMN XXIV. Varuṇa and Others.

HYMN XXV. Varuṇa.

HYMN XXVI. Agni.

HYMN XXVII. Agni.

HYMN XXVIII. Indra, Etc.

HYMN XXIX. Indra.

HYMN XXX. Indra.

HYMN XXXI. Agni.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIV. Aṣvins.

HYMN XXXV. Savitar.

HYMN XXXVI. Agni.

HYMN XXXVII. Maruts.

HYMN XXXVIII. Maruts.

HYMN XXXIX. Maruts.

HYMN XL. Brahmaṇaspati

HYMN XLI. Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman.

HYMN XLII. Pûshan.

HYMN XLIII. Rudra.

HYMN XLIV. Agni.

HYMN XLV. Agni.

HYMN XLVI. Aṣvins.

HYMN XLVII. Aṣvins.

HYMN XLVIII. Dawn.

HYMN XLIX. Dawn.

HYMN L. Sûrya.

HYMN LI. Indra.

HYMN LII. Indra.

HYMN LIII. Indra.

HYMN LIV. Indra.

HYMN LV. Indra.

HYMN LVI. Indra.

HYMN LVII. Indra.

HYMN LVIII. Agni.

HYMN LIX. Agni.

HYMN LX. Agni.

HYMN LXI. Indra.

HYMN LXII. Indra.

HYMN LXIII. Indra.

HYMN LXIV. Maruts.

HYMN LXV. Agni.

HYMN LXVI. Agni.

HYMN LXVII. Agni.

HYMN LXVIII. Agni.

HYMN LXIX. Agni.

HYMN LXX. Agni.

HYMN LXXI. Agni.

HYMN LXXII. Agni.

HYMN LXXIII. Agni.

HYMN LXXIV. Agni.

HYMN LXXV. Agni.

HYMN LXXVI. Agni.

HYMN LXXVII. Agni.

HYMN LXXVIII. Agni.

HYMN LXXIX. Agni.

HYMN LXXX. Indra.

HYMN LXXXI. Indra.

HYMN LXXXII. Indra.

HYMN LXXXIII. Indra.

HYMN LXXXIV. Indra.

HYMN LXXXV. Maruts.

HYMN LXXXVI. Maruts.

HYMN LXXXVII. Maruts.

HYMN LXXXVIII. Maruts.

HYMN LXXXIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XC. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XCI. Soma.

HYMN XCII. Dawn.

HYMN XCIII. Agni-Soma.

HYMN XCIV. Agni

HYMN XCV. Agni

HYMN XCVI. Agni.

HYMN XCVII. Agni.

HYMN XCVIII. Agni.

HYMN XCIX. Agni.

HYMN C. Indra.

HYMN CI. Indra.

HYMN CII. Indra.

HYMN CIII. Indra.

HYMN CIV. Indra.

HYMN CV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CVIII. Indra-Agni.

HYMN CIX. Indra-Agni.

HYMN CX. Ṛibhus.

HYMN CXI. Ṛibhus.

HYMN CXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXIII. Dawn.

HYMN CXIV. Rudra.

HYMN CXV. Sûrya.

HYMN CXVI. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXVII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXVIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXIX. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXX. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXXI. Indra.

HYMN CXXII Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXXIII. Dawn.

HYMN CXXIV. Dawn.

HYMN CXXV. Svanaya.

HYMN CXXVI. Bhâvayavya.

HYMN CXXVII. Agni.

HYMN CXXVIII. Agni.

HYMN CXXIX. Indra.

HYMN CXXX. Indra.

HYMN CXXXI. Indra.

HYMN CXXXII. Indra.

HYMN CXXXIII. Indra.

HYMN CXXXIV. Vâyu.

HYMN CXXXV. Vâyu, Indra-Vâyu.

HYMN CXXXVI. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN CXXXVII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN CXXXVIII. Pûshan.

HYMN CXXXIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXL. Agni.

HYMN CXLI. Agni.

HYMN CXLII. Âprîs.

HYMN CXLIII. Agni.

HYMN CXLIV. Agni.

HYMN CXLV. Agni.

HYMN CXLVI. Agni.

HYMN CXLVII. Agni.

HYMN CXLVIII. Agni.

HYMN CXLIX. Agni.

HYMN CL. Agni.

HYMN CLI. Mitra and Varuṇa

HYMN CLII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN CLIII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN CLIV. Vishṇu

HYMN CLV. Vishṇu-Indra.

HYMN CLVI. Vishṇu

HYMN CLVII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CLVIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CLIX. Heaven and Earth.

HYMN CLX. Heaven and Earth.

HYMN CLXI. Ṛibhus.

HYMN CLXII. The Horse.

HYMN CLXIII. The Horse.

HYMN CLXIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CLXV. Indra. Maruts.

HYMN CLXVI. Maruts.

HYMN CLXVII. Indra. Maruts.

HYMN CLXVIII. Maruts.

HYMN CLXIX. Indra.

HYMN CLXX. Indra. Maruts.

HYMN CLXXI. Maruts.

HYMN CLXXII. Maruts.

HYMN CLXXIII. Indra.

HYMN CLXXIV. Indra.

HYMN CLXXV. Indra.

HYMN CLXXVI. Indra.

HYMN CLXXVII. Indra.

HYMN CLXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN CLXXIX. Rati.

HYMN CLXXX. Aṣvins.

HYMN CLXXXI. Aṣvins

HYMN CLXXXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CLXXXIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CLXXXIV. Aṣvins.

HYMN CLXXXV. Heaven and Earth.

HYMN CLXXXVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CLXXXVII. Praise of Food.

HYMN CLXXXVIII. Âprîs.

HYMN CLXXXIX. Agni.

HYMN CXC. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN CXCI. Water. Grass. Sun.

BOOK 2

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Agni.

HYMN III. Âprîs.

HYMN IV. Agni.

HYMN V. Agni.

HYMN VI. Agni.

HYMN VII. Agni.

HYMN VIII. Agni.

HYMN IX. Agni.

HYMN X. Agni.

HYMN XI. Indra.

HYMN XII. Indra.

HYMN XIII. Indra.

HYMN XIV. Indra.

HYMN XV. Indra

HYMN XVI. Indra.

HYMN XVII. Indra.

HYMN XVIII. Indra

HYMN XIX. Indra.

HYMN XX. Indra.

HYMN XXI.

HYMN XXII. Indra.

HYMN XXIII. Brahmaṇaspati.

HYMN XXIV. Brahmaṇaspati.

HYMN XXV. Brahmaṇaspati.

HYMN XXVI. Brahmaṇaspati.

HYMN XXVII. Âdityas.

HYMN XXVIII. Varuṇa

HYMN XXIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXX. Indra and Others.

HYMN XXXI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXII. Various Deities.

HYMN XXXIII. Rudra.

HYMN XXXIV. Maruts

HYMN XXXV. Son of Waters.

HYMN XXXVI. Various Gods.

HYMN XXXVII. Various Gods.

HYMN XXXVIII. Savitar.

HYMN XXXIX. Aṣvins.

HYMN XL. Soma and Pûshan.

HYMN XLI. Various Deities.

HYMN XLII. Kapinjala.

HYMN XLIII. Kapinjala.

BOOK 3

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Agni.

HYMN III. Agni.

HYMN IV Âprîs.

HYMN V. Agni.

HYMN VI. Agni.

HYMN VII.

HYMN VIII. Sacrificial Post.

HYMN IX.

HYMN X. Agni.

HYMN XI. Agni.

HYMN XII. Indra-Agni.

HYMN XIII. Agni.

HYMN XIV. Agni.

HYMN XV. Agni.

HYMN XVI. Agni.

HYMN XVII. Agni.

HYMN XVIII. Agni.

HYMN XIX. Agni.

HYMN XX. Agni.

HYMN XXI. Agni.

HYMN XXII. Agni.

HYMN XXIII. Agni.

HYMN XXIV. Agni.

HYMN XXV. Agni.

HYMN XXVI. Agni.

HYMN XXVII. Agni.

HYMN XXVIII. Agni.

HYMN XXIX. Agni.

HYMN XXX. Indra.

HYMN XXXI. Indra.

HYMN XXXII. Indra

HYMN XXXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXXV. Indra.

HYMN XXXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIX. Indra.

HYMN XL. Indra.

HYMN XLI. Indra.

HYMN XLII. Indra.

HYMN XLIII. Indra.

HYMN XLIV. Indra.

HYMN XLV. Indra.

HYMN XLVI. Indra.

HYMN XLVII. Indra.

HYMN XLVIII. Indra.

HYMN XLIX. Indra.

HYMN L. Indra.

HYMN LI. Indra.

HYMN LII. Indra.

HYMN LIII. Indra, Parvata, Etc.

HYMN LIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LVIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LIX. Mitra.

HYMN LX. Ṛibhus.

HYMN LXI. Ushas.

HYMN LXII. Indra and Others.

BOOK 4

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Agni.

HYMN III. Agni.

HYMN IV. Agni.

HYMN V. Agni.

HYMN VI. Agni.

HYMN VII. Agni.

HYMN VIII. Agni.

HYMN IX. Agni.

HYMN X. Agni.

HYMN XI. Agni.

HYMN XII. Agni.

HYMN XIII. Agni.

HYMN XIV. Agni.

HYMN XV. Agni.

HYMN XVI. Indra.

HYMN XVII. Indra.

HYMN XVIII. Indra and Others.

HYMN XIX. Indra.

HYMN XX. Indra.

HYMN XXI. Indra.

HYMN XXII. Indra.

HYMN XXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXV. Indra.

HYMN XXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXVII. The Falcon.

HYMN XXVIII. Indra-Soma.

HYMN XXIX. Indra.

HYMN XXX. Indra.

HYMN XXXI. Indra.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XXXIV. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XXXV. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XXXVI. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XXXVII. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XXXVIII. Dadhikrâs.

HYMN XXXIX Dadhikrâs.

HYMN XL. Dadhikrâvan.

HYMN XLI. Indra-Varuṇa.

HYMN XLII. Indra-Varuṇa.

HYMN XLIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN XLIV. Aṣvins.

HYMN XLV. Aṣvins

HYMN XLVI. Vâyu. Indra-Vâyu

HYMN XLVII. Vâyu. Indra-Vâyu.

HYMN XLVIII. Vâyu.

HYMN XLIX. Indra-Bṛhaspati.

HYMN L. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN LI. Dawn.

HYMN LII. Dawn.

HYMN LIII. Savitar.

HYMN LIV. Savitar.

HYMN LV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LVI. Heaven and Earth.

HYMN LVII. Kshetrapati, Etc.

HYMN LVIII. Ghṛita.

BOOK 5

HYMN I. Agni

HYMN II. Agni.

HYMN III. Agni.

HYMN IV. Agni.

HYMN V. Âprîs.

HYMN VI. Agni.

HYMN VII. Agni.

HYMN VIII. Agni.

HYMN IX. Agni.

HYMN X. Agni.

HYMN XI. Agni.

HYMN XII. Agni.

HYMN XIII. Agni.

HYMN XIV. Agni.

HYMN XV. Agni.

HYMN XVI. Agni.

HYMN XVII. Agni.

HYMN XVIII. Agni.

HYMN XIX. Agni.

HYMN XX. Agni.

HYMN XXI. Agni.

HYMN XXII. Agni.

HYMN XXIII. Agni.

HYMN XXIV. Agni.

HYMN XXV. Agni.

HYMN XXVI. Agni.

HYMN XXVII. Agni.

HYMN XXVIII. Agni.

HYMN XXIX. Agni.

HYMN XXX. Indra.

HYMN XXXI. Indra.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXXV. Indra.

HYMN XXXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIX. Indra.

HYMN XL. Indra. Sûrya. Atri.

HYMN XLI. Viṣvedevas

HYMN XLII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLVIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN L. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LII. Maruts.

HYMN LIII. Maruts.

HYMN LIV. Maruts.

HYMN LV. Maruts.

HYMN LVI. Maruts.

HYMN LVII. Maruts.

HYMN LVIII. Maruts.

HYMN LIX. Maruts.

HYMN LX. Maruts.

HYMN LXI. Maruts.

HYMN LXII. Mitra-Varuṇa

HYMN LXIII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXIV. Mitra-Varuṇa

HYMN LXV. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXVI. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXVII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXVIII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXIX. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXX. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXI. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXIV. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXV. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXVI. Aṣvins

HYMN LXXVII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXVIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXIX. Dawn.

HYMN LXXX. Dawn.

HYMN LXXXI. Savitar.

HYMN LXXXII. Savitar.

HYMN LXXXIII. Parjanya.

HYMN LXXXIV. Prthivî.

HYMN LXXXV. Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXVI. Indra-Agni.

HYMN LXXXVII. Maruts.

BOOK 6

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Agni.

HYMN III. Agni.

HYMN IV. Agni.

HYMN V. Agni.

HYMN VI. Agni.

HYMN VII. Agni.

HYMN VIII. Agni.

HYMN IX. Agni.

HYMN X. Agni.

HYMN XI. Agni.

HYMN XII. Agni.

HYMN XIII. Agni.

HYMN XIV. Agni.

HYMN XV. Agni.

HYMN XVI. Agni.

HYMN XVII. Indra.

HYMN XVIII. Indra.

HYMN XIX. Indra.

HYMN XX. Indra.

HYMN XXI. Indra. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXII. Indra.

HYMN XXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXV. Indra.

HYMN XXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXVIII. Cows.

HYMN XXIX. Indra.

HYMN XXX. Indra.

HYMN XXXI. Indra.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXXV. Indra.

HYMN XXXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIX. Indra.

HYMN XL. Indra

HYMN XLI. Indra.

HYMN XLII. Indra.

HYMN XLIII. Indra

HYMN XLIV. Indra.

HYMN XLV. Indra.

HYMN XLVI. Indra.

HYMN XLVII. Indra, Etc.

HYMN XLVIII. Agni and Others.

HYMN XLIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN L. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LIII. Pûshan.

HYMN LIV. Pûshan.

HYMN LV. Pûshan.

HYMN LVI. Pûshan.

HYMN LVII. Indra and Pûshan.

HYMN LVIII. Pûshan.

HYMN LIX. Indra-Agni.

HYMN LX. Indra-Agni.

HYMN LXI. Sarasvatî.

HYMN LXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXIV. Dawn.

HYMN LXV. Dawn.

HYMN LXVI. Maruts.

HYMN LXVII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXVIII. Indra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXIX. Indra-Vishṇu

HYMN LXX. Heaven and Earth.

HYMN LXXI. Savitar.

HYMN LXXII. Indra-Soma.

HYMN LXXIII. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN LXXIV. Soma-Rudra.

HYMN LXXV. Weapons of War.

BOOK 7

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Âprîs.

HYMN III. Agni.

HYMN IV. Agni.

HYMN V. Agni.

HYMN VI. Agni.

HYMN VII. Agni.

HYMN VIII. Agni

HYMN IX. Agni.

HYMN X. Agni.

HYMN XI. Agni.

HYMN XII. Agni.

HYMN XIII. Agni.

HYMN XIV. Agni.

HYMN XV. Agni.

HYMN XVI. Agni.

HYMN XVII. Agni.

HYMN XVIII. Indra.

HYMN XIX. Indra.

HYMN XX. Indra.

HYMN XXI. Indra.

HYMN XXII. Indra.

HYMN XXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXV. Indra.

HYMN XXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXVIII. Indra.

HYMN XXIX Indra.

HYMN XXX. Indra.

HYMN XXXI. Indra.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Vasishṭha.

HYMN XXXIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXVI. Viṣvedevas

HYMN XXXVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXVIII. Savitar.

HYMN XXXIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XL. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLI. Bhaga.

HYMN XLII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XLIV. Dadhikrâs.

HYMN XLV. Savitar.

HYMN XLVI. Rudra.

HYMN XLVII. Waters.

HYMN XLVIII. Ṛibhus.

HYMN XLIX. Waters.

HYMN L. Various Deities.

HYMN LI. Âdityas.

HYMN LII. Âdityas.

HYMN LIII. Heaven and Earth.

HYMN LIV. Vâstoshpati.

HYMN LV. Vâstoshpati.

HYMN LVI. Maruts.

HYMN LVII. Maruts.

HYMN LVIII. Maruts.

HYMN LIX. Maruts.

HYMN LX. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXI. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXIII. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXIV. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXV. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXVI. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXVII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXVIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXIX. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXX. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXI. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXIV. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXV. Dawn.

HYMN LXXVI. Dawn.

HYMN LXXVII. Dawn.

HYMN LXXVIII. Dawn.

HYMN LXXIX. Dawn.

HYMN LXXX. Dawn.

HYMN LXXXI. Dawn.

HYMN LXXXII. Indra-Varuṇa

HYMN LXXXIII. Indra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXIV. Indra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXV. Indra-Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXVI. Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXVII. Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXVIII. Varuṇa.

HYMN LXXXIX. Varuṇa.

HYMN XC. Vâyu.

HYMN XCI. Vâyu.

HYMN XCII. Vâyu

HYMN XCIII. Indra-Agni.

HYMN XCIV. Indra-Agni.

HYMN XCV. Sarasvatî.

HYMN XCVI. Sarasvatî.

HYMN XCVII. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN XCVIII. Indra.

HYMN XCIX. Vishṇu.

HYMN C. Vishṇu.

HYMN CI. Parjanya.

HYMN CII. Parjanya.

HYMN CIII. Frogs.

HYMN CIV. Indra-Soma.

BOOK 8

HYMN I. Indra.

HYMN II. Indra.

HYMN III. Indra.

HYMN IV. Indra.

HYMN V. Aṣvins.

HYMN VI. Indra

HYMN VII. Maruts.

HYMN VIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN IX. Aṣvins.

HYMN X. Aṣvins.

HYMN XI. Agni.

HYMN XII. Indra.

HYMN XIII. Indra.

HYMN XIV. Indra.

HYMN XV. Indra.

HYMN XVI. Indra.

HYMN XVII. Indra.

HYMN XVIII. Âdityas.

HYMN XIX. Agni.

HYMN XX. Maruts.

HYMN XXI. Indra.

HYMN XXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN XXIII. Agni.

HYMN XXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXV. Mitra-Varuṇa.

HYMN XXVI. Aṣvins.

HYMN XXVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXVIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXI. Various Deities.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIV. Indra.

HYMN XXXV. Aṣvins.

HYMN XXXVI. Indra.

HYMN XXXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXXVIII. Indra-Agni.

HYMN XXXIX. Agni.

HYMN XL. Indra-Agni.

HYMN XLI. Varuṇa.

HYMN XLII. Varuṇa.

HYMN XLIII. Agni.

HYMN XLIV. Agni.

HYMN XLV. Indra

HYMN XLVI. Indra.

HYMN XLVII. Âdityas.

HYMN XLVIII. Soma.

HYMN XLIX. Agni.

HYMN L. Indra.

HYMN LI. Indra.

HYMN LII. Indra.

HYMN LIII. Indra.

HYMN LIV. Indra.

HYMN LV. Indra.

HYMN LVI. Âdityas.

HYMN LVII. Indra.

HYMN LVIII. Indra.

HYMN LIX. Indra.

HYMN LX. Agni.

HYMN LXI. Agni.

HYMN LXII. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXIII. Agni.

HYMN LXIV. Agni.

HYMN LXV. Indra.

HYMN LXVI. Indra.

HYMN LXVII. Indra.

HYMN LXVIII. Soma.

HYMN LXIX. Indra

HYMN LXX. Indra.

HYMN LXXI. Indra.

HYMN LXXII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LXXIII. Agni.

HYMN LXXIV. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXV. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXVI. Aṣvins.

HYMN LXXVII. Indra.

HYMN LXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN LXXIX. Indra.

HYMN LXXX. Indra.

HYMN LXXXI. Indra

HYMN LXXXII. Indra.

HYMN LXXXIII. Maruts.

HYMN LXXXIV. Indra.

HYMN LXXXV. Indra.

HYMN LXXXVI. Indra.

HYMN LXXXVII. Indra.

HYMN LXXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN LXXXIX. Indra. Vâk.

HYMN XC. Various.

HYMN XCI. Agni.

HYMN XCII. Agni

VALAKHILYA

HYMN I. Indra.

HYMN II. Indra.

HYMN III. Indra.

HYMN IV. Indra.

HYMN V. Indra.

HYMN VI. Indra.

HYMN VII. Praskaṇva's Gift.

HYMN VIII. Praskaṇva's Go.

HYMN IX. Aṣvins.

HYMN X. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XI. Indra-Varuṇa.

BOOK 9

HYMN I. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN II. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN III. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN IV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN V. Âprîs.

HYMN VI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN VII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN VIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN IX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN X. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXIV. Some Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XXXIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XL. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XLIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN L. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXVII. Soma and Others.

HYMN LXVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXI. Soma Pavamâna,

HYMN LXXII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXIV. Soma Pavamâna

HYMN LXXV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN LXXXIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XC. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XCI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XCII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XCIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XCIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XCV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN XCVI. Soma Pavamâna

HYMN XCVII. Soma Pavamâna

HYMN XCVIII. Soma Pavamâna

HYMN XCIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN C. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CI. Soma Pavamâna

HYMN CII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CIV. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CV. Soma Pavamâna

HYMN CVI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CVII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CVIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CIX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CX. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CXI. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CXII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CXIII. Soma Pavamâna.

HYMN CXIV. Soma Pavamâna.

BOOK 10

HYMN I. Agni.

HYMN II. Agni.

HYMN III. Agni.

HYMN IV. Agni.

HYMN V. Agni.

HYMN VI. Agni

HYMN VII. Agni.

HYMN VIII. Agni.

HYMN IX. Waters.

HYMN X. Yama Yamî.

HYMN XI. Agni

HYMN XII. Agni

HYMN XIII. Havirdhânas.

HYMN XIV. Yama.

HYMN XV. Fathers.

HYMN XVI. Agni.

HYMN XVII. Various Deities.

HYMN XVIII. Various Deities.

HYMN XIX. Waters or Cows.

HYMN XX. Agni.

HYMN XXI. Agni.

HYMN XXII. Indra.

HYMN XXIII. Indra.

HYMN XXIV. Indra. Aṣvins.

HYMN XXV. Soma.

HYMN XXVI. Pûshan.

HYMN XXVII. Indra.

HYMN XXVIII. Indra. Vasukra.

HYMN XXIX. Indra.

HYMN XXX. Waters.

HYMN XXXI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIII. Various Deities.

HYMN XXXIV. Dice, Etc.

HYMN XXXV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XXXVII. Sûrya.

HYMN XXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN XXXIX. Aṣvins.

HYMN XL. Aṣvins.

HYMN XLI. Aṣvins.

HYMN XLII. Indra.

HYMN XLIII. Indra.

HYMN XLIV. Indra.

HYMN XLV. Agni.

HYMN XLVI. Agni.

HYMN XLVII. Indra Vaikuṇṭha.

HYMN XLVIII. Indra Vaikuṇṭha.

HYMN XLIX. Indra Vaikuṇṭha.

HYMN L. Indra Vaikuṇṭha.

HYMN LI. Agni. Gods.

HYMN LII. Gods.

HYMN LIII. Agni Sauchîka Gods.

HYMN LIV. Indra.

HYMN LV. Indra.

HYMN LVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LVIII. Mânas or Spirit.

HYMN LIX. Nirṛti and Others.

HYMN LX. Asamâti and Others.

HYMN LXI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LXII. Viṣvedevas, Etc.

HYMN LXIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LXIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LXV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LXVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN LXVII. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN LXVIII. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN LXIX. Agni.

HYMN LXX. Âprîs.

HYMN LXXI. Jñânam

HYMN LXXII. The Gods.

HYMN LXXIII. Indra.

HYMN LXXIV. Indra.

HYMN LXXV. The Rivers.

HYMN LXXVI. Press-stones.

HYMN LXXVII. Maruts.

HYMN LXXVIII. Maruts.

HYMN LXXIX. Agni.

HYMN LXXX. Agni.

HYMN LXXXI. Viṣvakarman.

HYMN LXXXII. Viṣvakarman.

HYMN LXXXIII. Manyu.

HYMN LXXXIV. Manyu.

HYMN LXXXV. Sûrya's Bridal.

HYMN LXXXVI. Indra.

HYMN LXXXVII. Agni.

HYMN LXXXVIII. Agni.

HYMN LXXXIX. Indra.

HYMN XC. Purusha.

HYMN XCI. Agni.

HYMN XCII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XCIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN XCIV. Press-stones.

HYMN XCV. Urvaṣî. Purûravâs.

HYMN XCVI. Indra.

HYMN XCVII. Praise of Herbs.

HYMN XCVIII. The Gods.

HYMN XCIX. Indra.

HYMN C. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CII. Indra.

HYMN CIII. Indra.

HYMN CIV. Indra.

HYMN CV. Indra.

HYMN CVI. Aṣvins.

HYMN CVII. Dakshiṇâ.

HYMN CVIII. Saramâ. Paṇis.

HYMN CIX. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CX. Âprîs.

HYMN CXI. Indra.

HYMN CXII. Indra.

HYMN CXIII. Indra.

HYMN CXIV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXV. Agni.

HYMN CXVI. Indra.

HYMN CXVII. Liberality.

HYMN CXVIII. Agni.

HYMN CXIX. Indra.

HYMN CXX. Indra.

HYMN CXXI. Ka.

HYMN CXXII. Agni.

HYMN CXXIII. Vena.

HYMN CXXIV. Agni, Etc.

HYMN CXXV. Vâk.

HYMN CXXVI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXXVII. Night.

HYMN CXXVIII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXXIX. Creation.

HYMN CXXX. Creation.

HYMN CXXXI. Indra.

HYMN CXXXII. Mitra. Varuṇa.

HYMN CXXXIII. Indra.

HYMN CXXXIV. Indra.

HYMN CXXXV. Yama.

HYMN CXXXVI. Keṣins.

HYMN CXXXVII Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXXXVIII. Indra.

HYMN CXXXIX. Savitar.

HYMN CXL. Agni.

HYMN CXLI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CXLII. Agni.

HYMN CXLIII. Aṣvins.

HYMN CXLIV. Indra.

HYMN CXLV. Sapatnîbâdhanam.

HYMN CXLVI. Araṇyâni.

HYMN CXLVII Indra.

HYMN CXLVIII. Indra.

HYMN CXLIX. Savitar.

HYMN CL. Agni.

HYMN CLI. Faith.

HYMN CLII. Indra.

HYMN CLIII. Indra.

HYMN CLIV. New Life.

HYMN CLV. Various.

HYMN CLVI. Agni.

HYMN CLVII. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CLVIII. Sûrya.

HYMN CLIX. Ṣachî Paulomi.

HYMN CLX. Indra.

HYMN CLXI. Indra.

HYMN CLXII. Agni

HYMN CLXIII.

HYMN CLXIV. Dream-charm.

HYMN CLXV. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CLXVI. Sapatnanâṣanam.

HYMN CLXVII. Indra.

HYMN CLXVIII. Vâyu.

HYMN CLXIX. Cows.

HYMN CLXX. Sûrya.

HYMN CLXXI. Indra.

HYMN CLXXII. Dawn.

HYMN CLXXIII. The King.

HYMN CLXXIV. The King.

HYMN CLXXV. Press-stones.

HYMN CLXXVI. Agni.

HYMN CLXXVII. Mâyâbheda.

HYMN CLXXVIII. Târkṣya.

HYMN CLXXIX. Indra.

HYMN CLXXX. Indra.

HYMN CLXXXI. Viṣvedevas.

HYMN CLXXXII. Bṛhaspati.

HYMN CLXXXIII. The Sacrificer, Etc.

HYMN CLXXXIV.

HYMN CLXXXV. Aditi.

HYMN CLXXXVI. Vâyu.

HYMN CLXXXVII. Agni.

HYMN CLXXXVIII. Agni.

HYMN CLXXXIX. Sûrya.

HYMN CXC. Creation.

HYMN CXCI. Agni.

BOOK 1

HYMN I. Agni.

1. I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,

The hotar, lavishest of wealth.

2. Worthy is Agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers.

He shall bring hitherward the Gods.

3. Through Agni man obtaineth wealth, yea, plenty waxing day by day,

Most rich in heroes, glorious.

4. Agni, the perfect sacrifice which thou encompassest about

Verily goeth to the Gods.

5. May Agni, sapient-minded Priest, truthful, most gloriously great,

The God, come hither with the Gods.

6. Whatever blessing, Agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper,

That, Angiras, is indeed thy truth.

7. To thee, dispeller of the night, O Agni, day by day with prayer

Bringing thee reverence, we come

8. Ruler of sacrifices, guard of Law eternal, radiant One,

Increasing in thine own abode.

9. Be to us easy of approach, even as a father to his son:

Agni, be with us for our weal.

HYMN II. Vâyu.

1. BEAUTIFUL Vâyu, come, for thee these Soma drops have been prepared:

Drink of them, hearken to our call.

2. Knowing the days, with Soma juice poured forth, the singers glorify

Thee, Vâyu, with their hymns of praise.

3. Vâyu, thy penetrating stream goes forth unto the worshipper,

Far-spreading for the Soma draught.

4. These, Indra-Vâyu, have been shed; come for our offered dainties' sake:

The drops are yearning for you both.

5. Well do ye mark libations, ye Vâyu and Indra, rich in spoil!

So come ye swiftly hitherward.

6. Vâyu and Indra, come to what the Soma-presser hath prepared:

Soon, Heroes, thus I make my prayer.

7. Mitra, of holy strength, I call, and foe-destroying Varuṇa,

Who make the oil-fed rite complete.

8. Mitra and Varuṇa, through Law, lovers and cherishers of Law,

Have ye obtained your might power

9. Our Sages, Mitra-Varuṇa, wide dominion, strong by birth,

Vouchsafe us strength that worketh well.

HYMN III. Aṣvins

1. YE Aṣvins, rich in treasure, Lords of splendour, having nimble hands,

Accept the sacrificial food.

2. Ye Aṣvins, rich in wondrous deeds, ye heroes worthy of our praise,

Accept our songs with mighty thought.

3. Nâsatyas, wonder-workers, yours are these libations with clipt grass:

Come ye whose paths are red with flame.

4. O Indra marvellously bright, come, these libations long for thee,

Thus by fine fingers purified.

5. Urged by the holy singer, sped by song, come, Indra, to the prayers,

Of the libation-pouring priest.

6. Approach, O Indra, hasting thee, Lord of Bay Horses, to the prayers.

In our libation take delight.

7. Ye Viṣvedevas, who protect, reward, and cherish men, approach

Your worshipper's drink-offering.

8. Ye Viṣvedevas, swift at work, come hither quickly to the draught,

As milch-kine hasten to their stalls.

9. The Viṣvedevas, changing shape like serpents, fearless, void of guile,

Bearers, accept the sacred draught

10. Wealthy in spoil, enriched with hymns, may bright Sarasvatî desire,

With eager love, our sacrifice.

11. Inciter of all pleasant songs, inspirer of all gracious thought,

Sarasvatî accept our rite

12. Sarasvatî, the mighty flood,—she with her light illuminates,

She brightens every pious thought.

HYMN IV. Indra

1. As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of fair deeds,

To our assistance day by day.

2. Come thou to our libations, drink of Soma; Soma-drinker thou!

The rich One's rapture giveth kine.

3. So may we be acquainted with thine innermost benevolence:

Neglect us not, come hitherward.

4. Go to the wise unconquered One, ask thou of Indra, skilled in song,

Him who is better than thy friends.

5. Whether the men who mock us say, Depart unto another place,

Ye who serve Indra and none else;

6. Or whether, God of wondrous deeds, all our true people call us blest,

Still may we dwell in Indra's care.

7. Unto the swift One bring the swift, man-cheering, grace of sacrifice,

That to the Friend gives wings and joy.

8. Thou, Ṣatakratu, drankest this and wast the Vṛtras' slayer; thou

Holpest the warrior in the fray.

9. We strengthen, Ṣatakratu, thee, yea, thee the powerful in fight,

That, Indra, we may win us wealth.

10. To him the mighty stream of wealth, prompt friend of him who pours the juice,

Yea, to this Indra sing your song.

HYMN V. Indra.

1. O COME ye hither, sit ye down: to Indra sing ye forth, your song,

Companions, bringing hymns of praise.

2. To him the richest of the rich, the Lord of treasures excellent,

Indra, with Soma juice outpoured.

3. May he stand by us in our need and in abundance for our wealth:

May he come nigh us with his strength.

4. Whose pair of tawny horses yoked in battles foemen challenge not:

To him, to Indra sing your song.

5. Nigh to the Soma-drinker come, for his enjoyment, these pure drops,

The Somas mingled with the curd.

6. Thou, grown at once to perfect strength, wast born to drink the Soma juice,

Strong Indra, for preëminence.

7. O Indra, lover of the song, may these quick Somas enter thee:

May they bring bliss to thee the Sage.

8. Our chants of praise have strengthened thee, O Ṣatakratu, and our lauds

So strengthen thee the songs we sing.

9. Indra, whose succour never fails, accept these viands thousandfold,

Wherein all manly powers abide.

10. O Indra, thou who lovest song, let no man hurt our bodies, keep

Slaughter far from us, for thou canst.

HYMN VI. Indra.

1. They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed:

The lights are shining in the sky.

2. On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him,

Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.

3. Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not,

Wast born together with the Dawns.

4. Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes unborn,

Assuming sacrificial names.

5. Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm,

Foundest the kine even in the cave.

6. Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth,

The far-renowned, the mighty One.

7. Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side:

Both joyous, equal in your sheen.

8. With Indra's well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven,

The sacrificer cries aloud.

9. Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven:

Our songs of praise all yearn for this.

10. Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth,

Or from the spacious firmament.

HYMN VII. Indra.

1. INDRA the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds,

Indra the choirs have glorified.

2. Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car,

Indra the golden, thunder-armed.

3. Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar:

He burst the mountain for the kine.

4. Help us, O Indra, in the frays, yea, frays, where thousand spoils are gained,

With awful aids, O awful One.

5. In mighty battle we invoke Indra, Indra in lesser fight,

The Friend who bends his bolt at fiends.

6. Unclose, our manly Hero, thou for ever bounteous, yonder cloud,

For us, thou irresistible.

7. Still higher, at each strain of mine, thunder-armed Indra's praises rise:

I find no laud worthy of him.

8. Even as the bull drives on the herds, he drives the people with his might,

The Ruler irresistible:

9. Indra who rules with single sway men, riches, and the fivefold race

Of those who dwell upon the earth.

10. For your sake from each side we call Indra away from other men:

Ours, and none others', may he be.

HYMN VIII. Indra.

1. INDRA, bring wealth that gives delight, the victor's ever-conquering wealth,

Most excellent, to be our aid;

2. By means of which we may repel our foes in battle hand to hand,

By thee assisted with the car.

3. Aided by thee, the thunder-armed, Indra, may we lift up the bolt,

And conquer all our foes in fight.

4. With thee, O India, for ally with missile-darting heroes, may

We conquer our embattled foes.

5. Mighty is Indra, yea supreme; greatness be his, the Thunderer:

Wide as the heaven extends his power

6. Which aideth those to win them sons, who come as heroes to the fight,

Or singers loving holy thoughts.

7. His belly, drinking deepest draughts of Soma, like an ocean swells,

Like wide streams from the cope of heaven.

8. So also is his excellence, great, vigorous, rich in cattle, like

A ripe branch to the worshipper.

9. For verily thy mighty powers, Indra, are saving helps at once

Unto a worshipper like me.

10. So are his lovely gifts; let lauds and praises be to Indra sung,

That he may drink the Soma juice.

HYMN IX. Indra.

1. COME, Indra, and delight thee with the juice at all the Soma feasts,

Protector, mighty in thy strength.

2. To Indra pour ye forth the juice, the active gladdening juice to him

The gladdening, omnific God.

3. O Lord of all men, fair of cheek, rejoice thee in the gladdening lauds,

Present at these drink-offerings.

4. Songs have outpoured themselves to thee, Indra, the strong, the guardian Lord,

And raised themselves unsatisfied.

5. Send to us bounty manifold, O Indra, worthy of our wish,

For power supreme is only thine.

6. O Indra, stimulate thereto us emulously fain for wealth,

And glorious, O most splendid One.

7. Give, Indra, wide and lofty fame, wealthy in cattle and in strength,

Lasting our life-time, failing not.

8. Grant us high fame, O Indra, grant riches bestowing thousands, those

Fair fruits of earth borne home in wains.

9. Praising with songs the praise-worthy who cometh to our aid, we call

Indra, the Treasure-Lord of wealth.

10. To lofty Indra, dweller by each libation, the pious man

Sings forth aloud a strengthening hymn.

HYMN X. Indra.

1. THE chanters hymn thee, they who say the word of praise magnify thee.

The priests have raised thee up on high, O Ṣatakratu, like a pole.

2. As up he clomb from ridge to ridge and looked upon the toilsome task,

Indra observes this wish of his, and the Rain hastens with his troop.

3. Harness thy pair of strong bay steeds, long-maned, whose bodies fill the girths,

And, Indra, Soma-drinker, come to listen to our songs of praise.

4. Come hither, answer thou the song, sing in approval, cry aloud.

Good Indra, make our prayer succeed, and prosper this our sacrifice.

5. To Indra must a laud be said, to strengthen him who freely gives,

That Ṣakra may take pleasure in our friendship and drink-offerings.

6. Him, him we seek for friendship, him for riches and heroic might.

For Indra, he is Ṣakra, he shall aid us while he gives us wealth.

7. Easy to turn and drive away, Indra, is spoil bestowed by thee.

Unclose the stable of the kine, and give us wealth O Thunder-armed

8. The heaven and earth contain thee not, together, in thy wrathful mood.

Win us the waters of the sky, and send us kine abundantly.

9. Hear, thou whose ear is quick, my call; take to thee readily my songs

O Indra, let this laud of mine come nearer even than thy friend.

10. We know thee mightiest of all, in battles hearer of our cry.

Of thee most mighty we invoke the aid that giveth thousandfold.

11. O Indra, Son of Kuṣika, drink our libation with delight.

Prolong our life anew, and cause the seer to win a thousand gifts.

12. Lover of song, may these our songs on every side encompass thee:

Strengthening thee of lengthened life, may they be dear delights to thee.

HYMN XI. Indra.

1. ALL sacred songs have magnified Indra expansive as the sea,

The best of warriors borne on cars, the Lord, the very Lord of strength.

2. Strong in thy friendship, Indra, Lord of power and might, we have no fear.

We glorify with praises thee, the never-conquered conqueror.

3. The gifts of Indra from of old, his saving succours, never fail,

When to the praise-singers he gives the boon of substance rich in kine.

4. Crusher of forts, the young, the wise, of strength unmeasured, was he born

Sustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much-extolled.

5. Lord of the thunder, thou didst burst the cave of Vala rich in cows.

The Gods came pressing to thy side, and free from terror aided thee,

6. I, Hero, through thy bounties am come to the flood addressing thee.

Song-lover, here the singers stand and testify to thee thereof.

7. The wily Ṣushṇa, Indra! thou o'erthrewest with thy wondrous powers.

The wise beheld this deed of thine: now go beyond their eulogies.

8. Our songs of praise have glorified Indra who ruleth by his might,

Whose precious gifts in thousands come, yea, even more abundantly.

HYMN XII. Agni.

1. WE choose Agni the messenger, the herald, master of all wealth,

Well skilled in this our sacrifice.

2. With callings ever they invoke Agni, Agni, Lord of the House,

Oblation-bearer, much beloved.

3. Bring the Gods hither, Agni, born for him who strews the sacred grass:

Thou art our herald, meet for praise.

4. Wake up the willing Gods, since thou, Agni, performest embassage:

Sit on the sacred grass with Gods.

5. O Agni, radiant One, to whom the holy oil is poured, burn up

Our enemies whom fiends protect.

6. By Agni Agni is inflamed, Lord of the House, wise, young, who bears

The gift: the ladle is his mouth.

7. Praise Agni in the sacrifice, the Sage whose ways are ever true,

The God who driveth grief away.

8. God, Agni, be his strong defence who lord of sacrificial gifts,

Worshippeth thee the messenger.

9. Whoso with sacred gift would fain call Agni to the feast of Gods,

O Purifier, favour him.

10. Such, Agni, Purifier, bright, bring hither to our sacrifice,

To our oblation bring the Gods.

11. So lauded by our newest song of praise bring opulence to us,

And food, with heroes for our sons.

12. O Agni, by effulgent flame, by all invokings of the Gods,

Show pleasure in this laud of ours.

HYMN XIII. Agni

1. AGNI, well-kindled, bring the Gods for him who offers holy gifts.

Worship them, Purifier, Priest.

2. Son of Thyself, present, O Sage, our sacrifice to the Gods today.

Sweet to the taste, that they may feast.

3. Dear Narâṣaṅsa, sweet of tongue, the giver of oblations, I

Invoke to this our sacrifice.

4. Agni, on thy most easy car, glorified, hither bring the Gods:

Manu appointed thee as Priest.

5. Strew, O ye wise, the sacred grass that drips with oil, in order due,

Where the Immortal is beheld.

6. Thrown open be the Doors Divine, unfailing, that assist the rite,

For sacrifice this day and now.

7. I call the lovely Night and Dawn to seat them on the holy grass

At this our solemn sacrifice.

8. The two Invokers I invite, the wise, divine and sweet of tongue,

To celebrate this our sacrifice.

9. Iḷâ, Sarasvatî, Mahî, three Goddesses who bring delight,

Be seated, peaceful, on the grass.

10. Tvashṭar I call, the earliest born, the wearer of all forms at will:

May he be ours and ours alone.

11. God, Sovran of the Wood, present this our oblation to the Gods,

And let the giver be renowned.

12. With Svâhâ pay the sacrifice to Indra in the offerer's house:

Thither I call the Deities.

HYMN XIV. Viṣvedevas.

1. To drink the Soma, Agni, come, to our service and our songs.

With all these Gods; and worship them.

2. The Kaṇvas have invoked thee; they, O Singer, sing thee songs of praise

Agni, come hither with the Gods;

3. Indra, Vâyu, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Agni, Pûshan, Bhaga,

Âdityas, and the Marut host.

4. For you these juices are poured forth that gladden and exhilarate,

The meath-drops resting in the cup.

5. The sons of Kaṇva fain for help adore thee, having strewn the grass,

With offerings and all things prepared.

6. Let the swift steeds who carry thee, thought-yoked and dropping holy oil,

Bring the Gods to the Soma draught.

7. Adored, the strengtheners of Law, unite them, Agni, with their Dames:

Make them drink meath, O bright of tongue.

8. Let them, O Agni, who deserve worship and praise drink with thy tongue

The meath in solemn sacrifice.

9. Away, from the Sun's realm of light, the wise invoking Priest shall bring

All Gods awaking with the dawn.

10. With all the Gods, with Indra, with Vâyu, and Mitra's splendours, drink,

Agni, the pleasant Soma juice.

11. Ordained by Manu as our Priest, thou sittest, Agni, at each rite:

Hallow thou this our sacrifice.

12. Harness the Red Mares to thy car, the Bays, O God, the flaming ones:

With those bring hitherward the Gods.

HYMN XV. Ṛitu.

1. O INDRA drink the Soma juice with Ṛitu; let the cheering drops

Sink deep within, which settle there.

2. Drink from the Purifier's cup, Maruts, with Ṛitu; sanctify

The rite, for ye give precious gifts.

3. O Neshṭar, with thy Dame accept our sacrifice; with Ṛitu drink,

For thou art he who giveth wealth.

4. Bring the Gods, Agni; in the three appointed places set them down:

Surround them, and with Ṛitu drink.

5. Drink Soma after the Ṛitus, from the Brâhmaṇa's bounty: undissolved,

O Indra, is thy friendship's bond.

6. Mitra, Varuṇa, ye whose ways are firm—a Power that none deceives—,

With Ṛitu ye have reached the rite.

7. The Soma-pressers, fain for wealth, praise the Wealth-giver in the rite,

In sacrifices praise the God.

8. May the Wealth-giver grant to us riches that shall be far renowned.

These things we gain, among the Gods.

9. He with the Ṛitu fain would drink, Wealth-giver, from the Neshṭar's bowl.

Haste, give your offering, and depart.

10. As we this fourth time, Wealth-giver, honour thee with the Ṛitus, be

A Giver bountiful to us.

11. Drink ye the meath, O Aṣvins bright with flames, whose acts are pure, who with

Ṛitus accept the sacrifice.

12. With Ṛitu, through the house-fire, thou, kind Giver, guidest sacrifice:

Worship the Gods for the pious man.

HYMN XVI. Indra.

1. LET thy Bay Steeds bring thee, the Strong, hither to drink the Soma draught—

Those, Indra, who are bright as suns.

2. Here are the grains bedewed with oil: hither let the Bay Coursers bring

Indra upon his easiest car.

3. Indra at early morn we call, Indra in course of sacrifice,

Indra to drink the Soma juice.

4. Come hither, with thy long-maned Steeds, O Indra, to he draught we pour

We call thee when the juice is shed.

5. Come thou to this our song of praise, to the libation poured for thee

Drink of it like a stag athirst.

6. Here are the drops of Soma juice expressed on sacred grass: thereof

Drink, Indra, to increase thy might.

7. Welcome to thee be this our hymn, reaching thy heart, most excellent:

Then drink the Soma juice expressed.

8. To every draught of pressed-out juice Indra, the Vṛitra-slayer, comes,

To drink the Soma for delight.

9. Fulfil, O Ṣatakratu, all our wish with horses and with kine:

With holy thoughts we sing thy praise.

HYMN XVII. Indra-Varuṇa

1. I CRAVE help from the Imperial Lords, from Indra-Varuṇa; may they

Both favour one of us like me.

2. Guardians of men, ye ever come with ready succour at the call

Of every singer such as I.

3. Sate you, according to your wish, O Indra-Varuṇa, with wealth:

Fain would we have you nearest us.

4. May we be sharers of the powers, sharers of the benevolence

Of you who give strength bounteously.

5. Indra and Varuṇa, among givers of thousands, meet for praise,

Are Powers who merit highest laud.

6. Through their protection may we gain great store of wealth, and heap it up

Enough and still to spare, be ours.

7. O Indra-Varuṇa, on you for wealth in many a form I call:

Still keep ye us victorious.

8. O Indra-Varuṇa, through our songs that seek to win you to ourselves,

Give us at once your sheltering help.

9. O Indra-Varuṇa, to you may fair praise which I offer come,

Joint eulogy which ye dignify.

HYMN XVIII. Brahmaṇaspati.

1. O BRAHMAṆASPATI, make him who presses Soma glorious,

Even Kakshîvân Auṣija.

2. The rich, the healer of disease, who giveth wealth, increaseth store,

The prompt,—may he be with us still.

3. Let not the foeman's curse, let not a mortal's onslaught fall on us

Preserve us, Brahmaṇaspati.

4. Ne'er is the mortal hero harmed whom Indra, Brahmaṇaspati,

And Soma graciously inspire.

5. Do, thou, O Brahmaṇaspati, and Indra, Soma, Dakshiṇâ,

Preserve that mortal from distress.

6. To the Assembly's wondrous Lord, to Indra's lovely Friend who gives

Wisdom, have I drawn near in prayer.

7. He without whom no sacrifice, e'en of the wise man, prospers; he

Stirs up the series of thoughts.

8. He makes the oblation prosper, he promotes the course of sacrifice:

Our voice of praise goes to the Gods.

9. I have seen Narâṣaṅsa, him most resolute, most widely famed,

As 'twere the Household Priest of heaven.

HYMN XIX. Agni, Maruts.

1. To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked:

O Agni, with the Maruts come.

2. No mortal man, no God exceeds thy mental power, O Mighty one:

O Agni, with the Maruts come:

3. All Gods devoid of guile, who know the mighty region of mid-air:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

4. The terrible, who sing their song, not to be overcome by might:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

5. Brilliant, and awful in their form, mighty, devourers of their foes:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

6. Who sit as Deities in heaven, above the sky-vault's luminous sphere:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

7. Who scatter clouds about the sky, away over the billowy sea:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

8. Who with their bright beams spread them forth over the ocean in their might

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

9. For thee, to be thine early draught, I pour the Soma-mingled meath:

O Agni, with the Maruts come.

HYMN XX. Ṛibhus.

1. FOR the Celestial Race this song of praise which gives wealth lavishly

Was made by singers with their lips.

2. They who for Indra, with their mind, formed horses harnessed by a word,

Attained by works to sacrifice.

3. They for the two Nâsatyas wrought a light car moving every way:

They formed a nectar-yielding cow.

4. The Ṛibhus with effectual prayers, honest, with constant labour, made

Their Sire and Mother young again.

5. Together came your gladdening drops with Indra by the Maruts girt,

With the Âdityas, with the Kings.

6. The sacrificial ladle, wrought newly by the God Tvashṭar's hand—

Four ladles have ye made thereof.

7. Vouchsafe us wealth, to him who pours thrice seven libations, yea, to each

Give wealth, pleased with our eulogies.

8. As ministering Priests they held, by pious acts they won themselves,

A share in sacrifice with Gods.

HYMN XXI. Indra-Agni.

1. INDRA and Agni I invoke fain are we for their song of praise:

Chief Soma-drinkers are they both.

2. Praise ye, O men, and glorify Indra-Agni in the holy rites:

Sing praise to them in sacred songs.

3. Indra and Agni we invite, the Soma-drinkers, for the fame

Of Mitra, to the Soma-draught.

4. Strong Gods, we bid them come to this libation that stands ready here:

Indra and Agni, come to us.

5. Indra and Agni, mighty Lords of our assembly, crush the fiends:

Childless be the devouring ones.

6. Watch ye, through this your truthfulness, there in the place of spacious view

Indra and Agni, send us bliss.

HYMN XXII. Aṣvins and Others

1. WAKEN the Aṣvin Pair who yoke their car at early morn: may they

Approach to drink this Soma juice.

2. We call the Aṣvins Twain, the Gods borne in a noble car, the best

Of charioteers, who reach the heavens.

3. Dropping with honey is your whip, Aṣvins, and full of pleasantness

Sprinkle therewith the sacrifice.

4. As ye go thither in your car, not far, O Aṣvins, is the home

Of him who offers Soma juice.

5. For my protection I invoke the golden-handed Savitar.

He knoweth, as a God, the place.

6. That he may send us succour, praise the Waters' Offspring Savitar:

Fain are we for his holy ways.

7. We call on him, distributer of wondrous bounty and of wealth,

On Savitar who looks on men.

8. Come hither, friends, and seat yourselves Savitar, to be praised by us,

Giving good gifts, is beautiful.

9. O Agni, hither bring to us the willing Spouses of the Gods,

And Tvashṭar, to the Soma draught.

10. Most youthful Agni, hither bring their Spouses, Hotrâ, Bhârátî,

Varûtrî, Dhishaṇâ, for aid.

11. Spouses of Heroes, Goddesses, with whole wings may they come to us

With great protection and with aid.

12. Indrâṇî, Varuṇânî, and Agnâyî hither I invite,

For weal, to drink the Soma juice.

13. May Heaven and Earth, the Mighty Pair, bedew for us our sacrifice,

And feed us full with nourishments.

14. Their water rich with fatness, there in the Gandharva's steadfast place,

The singers taste through sacred songs.

15. Thornless be thou, O Earth, spread wide before us for a dwelling-place:

Vouchsafe us shelter broad and sure.

16. The Gods be gracious unto us even from the place whence Vishṇu strode

Through the seven regions of the earth!

17. Through all this world strode Vishṇu; thrice his foot he planted, and the whole

Was gathered in his footstep's dust.

18. Vishṇu, the Guardian, he whom none deceiveth, made three steps; thenceforth

Establishing his high decrees.

19. Look ye on Vishṇu's works, whereby the Friend of Indra, close-allied,

Hath let his holy ways be seen.

20. The princes evermore behold that loftiest place where Vishṇu is,

Laid as it were an eye in heaven.

21. This, Vishṇu's station most sublime, the singers, ever vigilant,

Lovers of holy song, light up.

HYMN XXIII. Vâyu and Others.

1. STRONG are the Somas; come thou nigh; these juices have been mixt with milk:

Drink, Vâyu, the presented draughts.

2. Both Deities who touch the heaven, Indra and Vâyu we invoke

To drink of this our Soma juice.

3. The singers' for their aid, invoke Indra and Vâyu, swift as mind,

The thousand-eyed, the Lords of thought.

4. Mitra and Varuṇa, renowned as Gods of consecrated might,

We call to drink the Soma juice.

5. Those who by Law uphold the Law, Lords of the shining light of Law,

Mitra I call, and Varuṇa.

6. Let Varuṇa be our chief defence, let Mitra guard us with all aids

Both make us rich exceedingly.

7. Indra, by Maruts girt, we call to drink the Soma juice: may he

Sate him in union with his troop.

8. Gods, Marut hosts whom Indra leads, distributers of Pûshan's gifts,

Hearken ye all unto my cry.

9. With conquering Indra for ally, strike Vṛitra down, ye bounteous Gods

Let not the wicked master us.

10. We call the Universal Gods, and Maruts to the Soma draught,

For passing strong are Pṛiṣni's Sons.

11. Fierce comes the Maruts' thundering voice, like that of conquerors, when ye go

Forward to victory, O Men.

12. Born of the laughing lightning. may the Maruts guard us everywhere

May they be gracious unto Us.

13. Like some lost animal, drive to us, bright Pûshan, him who bears up heaven,

Resting on many-coloured grass.

14. Pûshan the Bright has found the King, concealed and hidden in a cave,

Who rests on grass of many hues.

15. And may he. duly bring to me the six bound closely, through these drops,

As one who ploughs with steers brings corn.

16. Along their paths the Mothers go, Sisters of priestly ministrants,

Mingling their sweetness with the milk.

17. May Waters gathered near the Sun, and those wherewith the Sun is joined,

Speed forth this sacrifice of ours.

18. I call the Waters, Goddesses, wherein our cattle quench their thirst;

Oblations to the Streams be given.

19. Amrit is in the Waters in the Waters there is healing balm

Be swift, ye Gods, to give them praise.

20. Within the Waters—Soma thus hath told me—dwell all balms that heal,

And Agni, he who blesseth all. The Waters hold all medicines.

21. O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm,

So that I long may see the Sun.

22. Whatever sin is found in me, whatever evil I have wrought.

If I have lied or falsely sworn, Waters, remove it far from me.

23. The Waters I this day have sought, and to their moisture have we come:

O Agni, rich in milk, come thou, and with thy splendour cover me.

24. Fill me with splendour, Agni; give offspring and length of days; the Gods

Shall know me even as I am, and Indra with the Ṛishis, know.

HYMN XXIV. Varuṇa and Others.

1. WHO now is he, what God among Immortals, of whose auspicious name we may bethink us?

Who shall to mighty Aditi restore us, that I may see my Father and my Mother?

2. Agni the God the first among the Immortals,—of his auspicious name let us bethink us.

He shall to mighty Aditi restore us, that I may see my Father and my Mother.

3. To thee, O Savitar, the Lord of precious things, who helpest us

Continually, for our share we come—

4. Wealth, highly lauded ere reproach hath fallen on it, which is laid,

Free from all hatred, in thy hands

5. Through thy protection may we come to even the height of affluence

Which Bhaga hath dealt out to us.

6. Ne'er have those birds that fly through air attained to thy high dominion or thy might or spirit;

Nor these the waters that flow on for ever, nor hills, abaters of the wind's wild fury.

7. Varuṇa, King, of hallowed might, sustaineth erect the Tree's stem in the baseless region.

Its rays, whose root is high above, stream downward. Deep may they sink within us, and be hidden.

8. King Varuṇa hath made a spacious pathway, a pathway for the Sun wherein to travel.

Where no way was he made him set his footstep, and warned afar whate'er afflicts the spirit.

9. A hundred balms are thine, O King, a thousand; deep and wide-reaching also be thy favours.

Far from us, far away drive thou Destruction. Put from us e'en the sin we have committed.

10. Whither by day depart the constellations that shine at night, set high in heaven above us?

Varuṇa's holy laws remain unweakened, and through the night the Moon moves on in splendor

11. I ask this of thee with my prayer adoring; thy worshipper craves this with his oblation.

Varuṇa, stay thou here and be not angry; steal not our life from us, O thou Wide-Ruler.

12. Nightly and daily this one thing they tell me, this too the thought of mine own heart repeateth.

May he to whom prayed fettered Ṣunaḥṣepa, may he the Sovran Varuṇa release us.

13. Bound to three pillars captured Ṣunaḥṣepa thus to the Âditya made his supplication.

Him may the Sovran Varuṇa deliver, wise, ne'er deceived, loosen the bonds that bind him.

14. With bending down, oblations, sacrifices, O Varuṇa, we deprecate thine anger:

Wise Asura, thou King of wide dominion, loosen the bonds of sins by us committed.

15. Loosen the bonds, O Varuṇa, that hold me, loosen the bonds above, between, and under.

So in thy holy law may we made sinless belong to Aditi, O thou Âditya.

HYMN XXV. Varuṇa.

1. WHATEVER law of thine, O God, O Varuṇa, as we are men,

Day after day we violate.

2. Give us not as a prey to death, to be destroyed by thee in wrath,

To thy fierce anger when displeased.

3. To gain thy mercy, Varuṇa, with hymns we bind thy heart, as binds

The charioteer his tethered horse.

4. They flee from me dispirited, bent only on obtaining wealth,

As to their nests the birds of air.

5. When shall we bring, to be appeased, the Hero, Lord of warrior might,

Him, the far-seeing Varuṇa?

6. This, this with joy they both accept in common: never do they fail

The ever-faithful worshipper.

7. He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, Sovran of the sea,

He knows the ships that are thereon.

8. True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny:

He knows the moon of later birth.

9. He knows the pathway of the wind, the spreading, high, and mighty wind:

He knows the Gods who dwell above.

10. Varuṇa, true to holy law, sits down among his people; he,

Most wise, sits there to govern all.

11. From thence perceiving he beholds all wondrous things, both what hath been,

And what hereafter will be done.

12. May that Âditya, very wise, make fair paths for us all our days:

May he prolong our lives for us.

13. Varuṇa, wearing golden mail, hath clad him in a shining robe.

His spies are seated found about.

14. The God whom enemies threaten not, nor those who tyrannize o'er men,

Nor those whose minds are bent on wrong.

15. He who gives glory to mankind, not glory that is incomplete,

To our own bodies giving it.

16. Yearning for the wide-seeing One, my thoughts move onward unto him,

As kine unto their pastures move.

17. Once more together let us speak, because my meath is brought: priest-like

Thou eatest what is dear to thee.

18. Now saw I him whom all may see, I saw his car above the earth:

He hath accepted these my songs.

19. Varuṇa, hear this call of mine: be gracious unto us this day

Longing for help I cried to thee.

20. Thou, O wise God, art Lord of all, thou art the King of earth and heaven

Hear, as thou goest on thy way.

21. Release us from the upper bond, untie the bond between, and loose

The bonds below, that I may live.

HYMN XXVI. Agni.

1. O WORTHY of oblation, Lord of prospering powers, assume thy robes,

And offer this our sacrifice.

2. Sit ever to be chosen, as our Priest, most youthful, through our hymns,

O Agni, through our heavenly word.

3. For here a Father for his son, Kinsman for kinsman worshippeth,

And Friend, choice-worthy, for his friend.

4. Here let the foe-destroyers sit, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman,

Like men, upon our sacred grass.

5. O ancient Herald, be thou glad in this our rite and fellowship:

Hearken thou well to these our songs.

6. Whate'er in this perpetual course we sacrifice to God and God,

That gift is offered up in thee

7. May he be our dear household Lord, Priest, pleasant and, choice-worthy may

We, with bright fires, be dear to him.

8. The Gods, adored with brilliant fires. have granted precious wealth to us

So, with bright fires, we pray to thee.

9. And, O Immortal One, so may the eulogies of mortal men

Belong to us and thee alike.

10. With all thy fires, O Agni, find pleasure in this our sacrifice,

And this our speech, O Son of Strength.

HYMN XXVII. Agni.

1. WITH worship will I glorify thee, Agni, like a long-tailed steed,

Imperial Lord of sacred rites.

2. May the far-striding Son of Strength, bringer of great felicity,

Who pours his gifts like rain, be ours.

3. Lord of all life, from near; from far, do thou, O Agni evermore

Protect us from the sinful man.

4. O Agni, graciously announce this our oblation to the Gods,

And this our newest song of praise.

5. Give us a share of strength most high, a share of strength that is below,

A share of strength that is between.

6. Thou dealest gifts, resplendent One; nigh, as with waves of Sindhu, thou

Swift streamest to the worshipper.

7. That man is lord of endless strength whom thou protectest in the fight,

Agni, or urgest to the fray.

8. Him, whosoever he may be, no man may vanquish, mighty One:

Nay, very glorious power is his.

9. May he who dwells with all mankind bear us with war-steeds through the fight,

And with the singers win the spoil.

10. Help, thou who knowest lauds, this work, this eulogy to Rudra, him

Adorable in every house.

11. May this our God, great, limitless, smoke-bannered excellently bright,

Urge us to strength and holy thought.

12. Like some rich Lord of men may he, Agni the banner of the Gods,

Refulgent, hear us through our lauds.

13. Glory to Gods, the mighty and the lesser glory to Gods the younger and the elder!

Let us, if we have power, pay the God worship: no better prayer than this, ye Gods, acknowledge.

HYMN XXVIII. Indra, Etc.

1. THERE where the broad-based stone raised on high to press the juices out,

O Indra, drink with eager thirst the droppings which the mortar sheds.

2. Where, like broad hips, to hold the juice the platters of the press are laid,

O Indra, drink with eager thirst the droppings which the mortar sheds.

3. There where the woman marks and leans the pestle's constant rise and fall,

O Indra, drink with eager thirst the droppings which the mortar sheds.

4. Where, as with reins to guide a horse, they bind the churning-staff with cords,

O Indra, drink with eager thirst the droppings which the mortar sheds.

5. If of a truth in every house, O Mortar thou art set for work,

Here give thou forth thy clearest sound, loud as the drum of conquerors.

6. O Sovran of the Forest, as the wind blows soft in front of thee,

Mortar, for Indra press thou forth the Soma juice that he may drink.

7. Best strength-givers, ye stretch wide jaws, O Sacrificial Implements,

Like two bay horses champing herbs.

8. Ye Sovrans of the Forest, both swift, with swift pressers press to-day

Sweet Soma juice for Indra's drink.

9. Take up in beakers what remains: the Soma on the filter pour,

And on the ox-hide set the dregs.

HYMN XXIX. Indra.

1. O SOMA DRINKER, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be,

Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,

In thousands, O most wealthy One.

2. O Lord of Strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful:

Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,

In thousands, O most wealthy One.

3. Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look

Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,

In thousands, O most wealthy One.

4. Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler genius wake:

Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,

In thousands, O most wealthy One.

5. Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee:

Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,

In thousands, O most wealthy One.

6. Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course!

Do thou, O Indra, give us hope